Honey

Honey is available for sale each year,  first come first serve. Depending on the weather and health of the hives we

Luscious Laurent Honey is available in the Fall each year - first come first serve

harvest somewhere between 500 – 1000 lbs of honey each year.  I use the large frames in my supers which means I harvest later than some beekeepers. We normally start selling honey in September or October when we have collected and processed the honey and have a final tally of volume.

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In 2009, the weather did not cooperate very well with Midwest beekeepers. This year, 2010 has been much more favorable to a stronger harvest with warm weather early driving a early spring flow and then hot humid weather for much of June and July in Wisconsin.

As an example of where honey prices can fluctuate based on availability, I have provided a chart of retail pricing from Bee Culture via National Honey Board.

First Place  Fair Winner

Each year, the beekeeper, Laurent Soucie, enters jars of honey in the Lodi Ag Fair. We try and encourage all local bee keepers to enter a jar as

Award Winning Honey - Luscious Laurent Honey takes First Place at Lodi Fair

well so that the competition is varied. Luscious Laurent Honey has won first prize multiple years.

2010 Pricing

Pricing for this year is as follows including WI sales tax and all containers are glass:

8 oz    $3.50

1 lb     $5.50

2 lb     $8.00

3 lb     $12.00

5 lb     $18.00

Related articles

• All About Honey (green-trust.org)